Yes I think it is clear from scripture that Paul continued to be an observant Jew. Many depict Paul as an antinomian (one against law) But Paul was far from that. Remember Torah/Law was God's instruction. Paul says the Law is holy. the problem was not God's instruction but our rebellion. Jesus was God's law personified. Word made flesh and dwelt among us. to despise and hate him was to despise and hate the Father's will revealed in Torah. Remember the depiction of the enemy is the man of lawlessness. Sometimes Christianity fits that description with the anti law teachings. they need to see Paul's teaching more clearly and turn from their understanding to his.
He is incorrect in his exegesis about the verse in Acts where Paul says I have done nothing against the law. By other verses we know that Paul knew himself to be at liberty and released from the law. So then what did he mean? He meant that in the truest sense he didn't do anything against the law but spoke and preached its perfect completiion and fulfilment in Christ crucified and lived according to that truth. Many of the apostles contemporary fellow Jews disagreed and we know most of Paul's letters were written because of that controversy between those who considered him lawless and his understanding of the righteousness od the law being fulfilled through Christ. That is why he says in Corinthians I became all things to all men. 1Co 9:21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law And also he says Rom 3:21 But now the righteousness of God WITHOUT the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets. By saying without the law he is speaking of another way of righteousness opened up apart from the institution of Moses and by saying it is witnessed to by the law and prophets he is saying it is in agreement,fulfilment and confirmation. So that although aprt form the law and different it is not contrary. While I respect this man for his age and faith in Christ he seems he is a Judaizer and off in his teaching. The verse he uses in Philippians 3:3 3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. This is speaking of both Jew and Gentiles who are circumcised without hands. He actually twists this to its opposite. He says that when Paul boasts unwillingly in his flesh he is speaking to Gentiles. That is actually absurd. Paul is in reality speaking to and against other Jews who boasted in their flesh. He is contrasting spiritual circumcision with physical circumcision in the above verse. He really twists this badly.
Very interesting. I had never thought of the difference of Jews being saved 'out of' faith and Gentiles being saved 'through' faith. Great insight. We often overlook the little prepositions, like 'ek' and 'dia', but they have a lot of weight when translating. (The host is one of the best interviewers I have ever seen. He listened and reasoned and asked targeted questions - questions that were already pointed, but he sharpened the point even more. Really impressive. The interviewer wasn't afraid or intimidated by Joseph Shulam and didn't hesitate to press him to defend his positions. I was as impressed by the host as much as I was by the speaker. That doesn't happen very often.)
Erev tov and Shabbat Shalom. After watching this 11 months ago, I thank Yeshua Adonai for this wonderful opportunity to hear this important lecture and study. May God bless us all. (4-29-22)
The rhetorical question: "Are they Hebrews? So am I!" expects an answer in the affirmative. The text concedes that Paul's opponents were Jews, not wannabes.
Everyone that sees you, you have minstered to. Because they like what they see or they dont. They see and hear what you stand for and like what they see or they dont. Without saying a word, we are being used to evangelise. Be just "standing" in right things filled with a loving attitude, is evangelising. Live right because nobody can contest God's Word, which you are living proof of.
Many thanks. A really enlightening talk. For some years now I have been trying to understand the scriptures by looking at them (as far as is possible) through Jewish eyes. This talk contributed greatly to that process and confirmed the misgivings I have regarding some of the various Hebrew roots movements, well intentioned though they may be. I am a wild branch grafted in, I accept that. But, as the last question/answer confirms I am (in Yeshua) as one with you, my Jewish brothers and sisters.
yes all of those who have no Hebrew bloodline roots are wild branches grafted in. the blessings come through the root of Abrahams seed. Jesus, Yeshua, rightly said apart from me (the root) you can do nothing. He was YHWH's work of salvation represented in many types and shadows in Hebrew Scripture but became the final Word made human flesh. He brings it all together and completes the Jewish expectation including all those of the nations blessed through Abraham..
speaking as a gentile christian... I am of the tribe of Jesus Christ.... He died for me and shed His Blood for me... to wash me clean from sin and hell!!...there are no tribes in Christianity... except that of Jesus Christ!!...Praise the Lord.....
I haven't read any thing this man has said yet . I only read some of the comments so far. I feel that I am being led to listen to what he says by the Holy Spirit. But I think I am going to be blessed as well as finding that I am about to reap more than I could have guessed...I will comment further about this and I feel that this is a great man for the times that we are in.....
@@getitinontheroad You don’t understand what Jesus was saying in Matthew. You can still have teachers and preachers, BUUUUT they have to be fully submitted to God and acting as under-shepherds. They can’t just come up with new teachings and rules like the Pharisees at the time. It doesn’t literally mean “call no man father “, there’s a deeper meaning when you read the entire chapter instead of one verse.
@@alexanderhanksxthere’s no deeper meaning! You’re deceiving. Liar! We have but ONE father and that’s God! So “call no man father” is what it says. You sir, have no understanding.
I’ve read where it says call no man Father and Rabbi means Teacher ! Another Scripture says we might have 10K instructors in Christ but not many fathers in Israel???
It is best to be a gentile Christian than trying to go to the Messianic Synagogues and trying adapt meaning wearing a kipa, thallit trying to perform all the feast. These are commands for Israelites. Paul was so right. Thank you
you say "It is best to be a Gentile Christian than trying to go to the Messianic Synagogues and trying adapt meaning wearing a kipa, thallit trying to perform all the feast." A lot can be gained by going to Messianic Synagogues. you learn the roots of Christianity in a Hebrew context. it makes many words of Scripture come alive. I never wear a kipa, or thallit. the kipa is saying you adhere to all the 613 commandments. I never felt compelled to keep all the feasts but enjoyed many Pesach (Passover) and a few feast of weeks (Pentecost) and learned a great deal. It all depends on how secure you are in Christ. you do not have to subscribe to everything but it can be a great way to learn more. I particularly like their celebrative Sabbath observance. Jesus is the Rest of God made in human flesh but the book Hebrews points to two things that illustrate the rest of God. entering the promise land with Joshua which David later says many still have not entered in his day and the 7th Day. it is the only commandment of the ten that God said to remember and it seems like many forgot.
@@fleetwd1 I was one of those trying to be super Jew to an extent. I’ve studied Modern and Classical Hebrew and have Rabbah Midrash and all the ArtScroll commentaries, Gematria, Word Play. I so got up in the Rabbinic literature and the reading of the Parashult I took my eyes off the Salvation of Grace not by works. So I guess as a gentile I should try to follow the feast and keep the Sabbath? The one thing that confuses me is Colossians 2:14, 16, 17. Hebrews 4 the Sabbath is for Yeshua. Thank you
@@SkiBroTheHeBro Yes I understand Hebrews is showing the rest of God is found in Jesus. Grace is not contrary to the Law except when Law becomes a method rather than a standard. Jesus is the Truth of all things. Sabbath included. I think Resting in the finished work of God was the meaning behind Sabbath from Creation on. Grace is taught throughout the Torah and Paul's arguments for Grace are Torah based. I have encountered an extreme element in Messianic Congregations where Gentile participants show a desire to adhere to the Law. the only way to do it entirely is by being content in Christ. Faith establishes the law rather than destroying the Law because in Jesus the promise of God to Abraham comes to completeness not by destroying the Law but by Messiah fulfilling it. Once understood our hearts will be circumcised and we will love it as we love Christ himself since he is a demonstration of what the Law/God's Word/Torah being fulfilled is in human flesh is like in reality. there is nothing wrong with the Law there is something wrong with the human heart that wishes to fulfill the Law to be accepted on our own. "Being ignorant of God's righteousness they sought to establish their own." The Law is a "Standard" not a "Method". Messiah fully measures up to it we do not but by seeing Messiah's demonstration of what a life of fulfillment looks like we should appreciate the Law not through legalism but through grace. Faith in Christ brings a legal standing to those who believe and there is no distinction between Jew or Gentile. we are all Justified by the work of YHWH He promised Abraham He would accomplish for His Name's sake.
2 Peter 1:20-21 "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of men but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." I respectfully disagree with Mr. Shulam in stating Paul had limited knowledge as he penned the inspired Word of Elohim. The "knowledge that was given him" was inspired and therefore infallible, no less authoritative than the gospels. He yielded himself fully to the Holy Spirit and wrote under inspiration. Peter praised Paul for that reason.
I think the reference to Paul's knowledge is to set the tone about the fact his writings are difficult to understand, as they really are. If we accept Paul wrote under inspiration, we also must accept nothing he wrote can overturn anything Yahshúa said, teached an did. Because: ignorant and unstable people distort (Paul´s writings), as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction
I don't think we ought to confuse the 'scriptures' that Peter is talking about, with letters that were written to congregations. The scriptures (or prophecies) were written by the established prophets of God that lived in Old Testament times. Those are the scriptures that the New Testament always refers to.
Salvation is not a process. Santification is. It's similar to a newborn. You born a human beeing, complete. Than you become a grown up as time passes by.
@@Almightservant so it's definitely not once saved always saved, the scriptures teach that we are saved we are being saved and we will be saved, so sanctification is part of the salvation process, sanctification means to be set apart and without holiness which is set apartness no one will see the Father 💯♥️📖
Shalom Aleichem, I have enjoyed Joseph's teaching and it may confused people when he talks about the Lamb (Jehoshua) who was prepared from the beginning when you read the story of Abraham in the ommitted books it said that before he sacrificed Isaac he was stopped by the Angel and was showed the Lamb which was held by thicket and it was said this Lamb was prepared before the creation for that purpose and it's a representation of Yehoshua the messiah.Amen but I have enjoyed and now I understand Paul alittle so stay blessed and shalom to you all.
Why it not mention meshiah in this.. Why it not mention jesus by name. Every verse you bring never mentions messhia or jesus if it did it would be game over but its what you read into it. Why God have to kill an innocent person for forgiveness moreover was messiah God?
@@yeahbuddy4712 that is a question for you and God. Ask, and you shall recieve. Seek and you will find. Knock, and it shall be answered unto you. Shalom.
@@OLskewL Shalom Yahweh has given you wisdom and you know how to answer questions thanks for answering him and bits true it's between him and Yahweh let him seek and he will find all answers .Amen Shalom
Paul was one of the first if not the first apostles an apostle being a person who saw Jesus materialized, as a human to start to discuss and challenge by referring to the THINKING that underpins everything. The other gospel writers are more of a commentary what happened mode. Paul staring from the worst base became as God required the greatest defenders of the faith he even stood up against Peter and James et al who were convince a hybrid version of the WORD was the way to go.
Jesus Christ Chose His Apostles and said beware of the leavening, They were the first and probably are the ones that share the pillars with the 12 patriarchs
@@reginarobynn An apostle as I understand it from Paul is someone who has physical been in the presence of Jesus.Acts 10 : 1 - 8 There was a man in Caesarea called Cornelius. He was a centurion in the battalion called the Italian battalion. He was a devout man and a God-fearer with all his household. He did many an act of charity to the people and he was in constant prayer to God. About three o’clock in the afternoon in a vision he clearly saw the angel of God coming to him and saying, “Cornelius.” He gazed at him and he was awe-stricken. He said, “ What is it sir?” He said to him, “ Your prayers and your works of mercy have gone up to God for a memorial ; so now, send men to Joppa, and send for a man called Simon who is also called Peter. He is lodging with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is on the sea-shore.” When the angel who was speaking to him went away, he called two of the servants and a devout soldier who was one of the orderlies. He told them everything and despatched them to Joppa. The angel of God is Jesus the head angel.Acts 27 : 21 - 26 Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul stood up in the midst of them and said, “Gentlemen, you should have obeyed me and you should not have sailed from Crete and so you would have avoided this injury and loss. So now I advise you to keep your hearts up. There will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship. For this night there stood beside me the Angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, saying, ‘Have no fear, Paul ; you must stand before Caesar ; and lo, God has granted you all those who are sailing with you. So, gentlemen, be in good heart! For I trust God that things will turn out as it has been told to me ; but we must be cast upon an island.”
Best analogy on being a disciple Christ. It makes so much sense. Yes we are saved be the grace of God but to be a disciple and gain a higher/closer walk with Yeshua our Messiah is to obey His commandments etc...
@Ski you have it here exactly right. we seek to obey him through love rather than through obligation. obligation kills but love gives life. completeness is only found in him. But to love him is to love his ways and to seek to become like him. .
I mostly liked what he said about the dietary laws. If God has given a law how them do we ask God to bless the same things He has told us not to eat. The veil with the unclean animals makes more sense. It was not about food but about fellow men. It is not as if we have to eat those things that God has declared unclean. If they are unclean to the Jews they are unclean to us too. His statement about the Holy Spirit leading us to understand these things makes more sense than capitulating to our desire to eat unclean foods. If he believes the Bible teaches us not to do it then he should have maintained his stance. May the Lord lead us we seek to overcome our appetites and the stubbornness of our hearts.
i think the reason for unclean verses clean is unclean are not as healthy for you. I remember in public High School class the teacher saying while pork is less expensive it also is not the best quality nutrition. They had no religious bias involved just common sense. Also think how many people get sick from eating shellfish. there are even warnings in certain areas not to eat any from that location. the unclean are mainly scavengers. Recently seeing how important it factors into archeology determining which locations were Israel settlements and which were their neighbors based on bones of what was eaten could also be a factor in God's instruction. But Scripture tells us not to be judgmental over dietary issues. Joseph seems to have a good balance and knows when some try justifying their preference with Scripture twisting..
I have always wondered why fellow Christians have not comprehended Pauls writings as authoritative and with power? He saw into Heaven and was commanded not to write or divulge it to others for a time? And HE comes out with the greatest and most elegant writings to sooth fellow believers and give them greater hope and faith in Christ ----> (New Testament | 2 Corinthians 12:3 - 4) And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) 4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. This is he himself he is referring too. HOW does HE KNOW SO MUCH about the spiritual things? Obviously he was taught and instructed by those ancient prophets for him to know about them?
Yes his teaching was immersed in Hebrew Scripture/Torah. He is not Lawless as many think he is. Does faith nullify the Law God forbid it establishes it.
@@fleetwd1 it doesn't mean that you forget moral law it just means when they're talking of the law the Jews had 613 laws that they had added to the ten commandments they were not God given
I pray for my Jewish brothers and sisters to come to know our messiah Yahweh for we all will be brothers and sisters in our God and Savior Jesus Christ the one True God Hallelujah what a Mighty God we serve Amen
Paul's faith was that of Shem, Noah, Abraham, David, Solomon, the prophets , John and Jesus . The temporary covenant given to Israel at Mt. Sinai was finished at the cross. Upon resurrected, the Lord enacted his new covenant and mediated it himself as promised in the Hebrew scriptures. The fact that he broke himself into pieces ( as in the covenant he made with Abraham) is an everlasting sacrifice, once and for all people, as promised.
Well, you would be wrong. Listen again with your bible out. Sometimes we all have a hard time being challenged but it can be a real blessing to think thru carefully what is being said. It was a wake up call for me.
And the fact the bible wasnt as accessable in the early days compared to now....is i think "part" of the reason the last will be first.....when he comes to judge us according to how we each are. We have it at our finger tips IF we choose to take it and apply it.
That line in the beginning that "either they are lying or Paul is lying" isn't the only option. Paul clearly states later in the epistles, for example, that the mature don't need to worry about the Sabbath, nor the holidays (namely Passover), nor what to eat etc because those things were shadows of Yeshua. So what he means when he says he hasn't offended against the Law has to be understood in that context. For him, keeping the Law meant living in the reality of Yeshua (who is the Truth) by the Spirit. Thus, the Law is fulfilled.
Thank you for that explanation because it was bothering me right off the bat when he said that Paul was still being kosher in his ways which doesn't didn't make sense the way I understand the apostle Paul because he was fighting the Jews over those very same issues trying to shove it on to the gentiles and you're right Christ had already done it all they did not need Temple worship they did not need circumcision and hundreds of other things that they were doing thinking they were worshiping the Lord ♥️👵
Who was Able to make war against him? The first innocent the devil killed and therefore the one to testify against him. Its not the world who needs judgement its the leaders lying to them, and corrupting the written word.
In the rabbi's responses about women keeping silent in church, he sites two passages of scriptures, and he says, "it has to mean THIS, otherwise the passages contradict each other." Hmm... MAYBE Paul DID contradict himself. And maybe the rabbi is just digging himself into a deeper whole by trying to defend him..
Peter isn’t saying Paul’s wisdom is limited. The fact that unlearned people had a hard time with Paul is because Paul spoke far more wisdom than the others. It is shown through the amount of writings he contributed. In word. But the other 12 apostles were the ones who were called to hold up the burden of the church. It’s one thing to contribute in words of wisdom, but it’s another thing to be bearers of the responsibility of all the peoples of the world. That’s the difference between Paul and Peter. Paul understood scripture much deeper than even Peter, to rebuke Peter in his walk as a believer that it was not aligned to the truth.
There is a crossover between the 12 apostles and the apostle Paul the apostles were still following the Jewish law to a point but they also understood that Jesus was the true Messiah that was their mission to teach the Jews that they had killed their Messiah that they needed to repent and they would go into the kingdom of heaven the apostle Paul who was personally taught by Jesus himself was to teach the gentiles but they were not to get all caught up into Jewish law the law was dead at that point when Jesus died all those 613 laws died there was not to be continuing in a temple they did not need to do animal sacrifices anymore Jesus said it when he was on the cross it's finished he was the final sacrifice they just didn't recognize it there's even a quote when Peter and it might be in 2nd Peter where Peter finally has to defend Paul when they are accusing him of of not teaching Jewish law to the gentiles Peter is reminded by the Lord that 12 years earlier that the Lord have him go to the house of Cornelius they were all saved they ate not kosher and the holy Spirit came upon all of them that was a teaching moment for Peter but he did not know it until this confrontation with Paul and he ends up that Paul is right that the gentiles are not to be mixed in with Jewish rituals that that was over with so I'm a little confused when the speaker says that Paul was still doing kosher food and all that confuses me but the point is you have to separate the 12 apostles teaching because Paul has a new message the message of the age of Grace and in the age of Grace we do not have to follow all these rules that the Jews did Jesus was trying to get that through to the Jewish people that he was a sacrifice that they did not need Temple worship anymore but they didn't believe that and they didn't understand it so that was an opportunity for the Lord to come to the gentiles otherwise we would have been totally lost also so we can praise God he chose to be sacrificed on that cross and resurrected from the dead otherwise I eternity would be and hell forever
@Mr. H.E. - Daniel 9:27 does not refer to Yahshua; it is referring to The Man of Sin (aka Antichrist). 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 'Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.'
Paul's not arguing and boasting that he is a better jew. He is basically saying I'm a jew like you . In the flesh. But not there is a new program out . It's not about being a jew. Jews rejected Jesus as messiah
The biggest problem that I have with Rabbi Shulam is that he disregards a basic law of the law of Moses when he includes Paul's writings in the New Testament as if they were Scripture. Jesus did not follow any of the words written in the New Testament he had no knowledge of them as they were not written until after his death. He believed in the law of Moses as validated by the prophets and the forgiveness of others, not that God had grace for active sinners. One of those very basic laws is that the truth is never established through rumor or the uncorroborated testimony either of an eyewitness or a non-eyewitness. Paul is simply not an eyewitness to any of Jesus's life or ministry. Therefore everything he says is rumor and inadmissible in a Jewish court of law. James his brother, Matthew the tax collector, and Peter the fisherman through the hand of Mark all testify as eyewitnesses of Jesus's teaching and ministry and they all corroborate each other. While John appears to be an eyewitness his testimony is not corroborated by other eyewitnesses and in places contradicts them and under Jewish law that makes his testimony nothing more than rumor as well. You need to ask yourself are you going to base your salvation on nothing but rumor spread by someone that you know never met Jesus in the flesh or are you going to base what happens to your soul after your body dies on corroborated eyewitness accounts the only man in documented history to be publicly executed and be seen days later by numerous people. Ask yourself these questions "if I believe God came in the flesh why did he need to send someone 30 years later to change or even just elaborate on what he said?" "If God were going to send someone to clarify what he said why would his writings be so easy to misinterpret or so hard to understand?" Jesus was clearly a Torah observant Jew who did not follow the traditions of the elders and he taught others to do the same. Just as Karaite Jews of today he taught that the only reason to ever deviate from the instructions given to Moses was that two or more prophets said the scribes had changed the instructions. He restated a common theme of the prophets was that God desires mercy not sacrifice. You show mercy when you forgive the sins of those you think have sinned against you.
@@ivanhuertas5307 so do you have an answer for either of these two questions? "if God came in the flesh why did he need to send someone 30 years later to change or even just elaborate on what he said?" "If God were going to send someone to clarify what he said why would his writings be so easy to misinterpret or so hard to understand?" Thanks
@@tombutler7296 Shalom Tom you no only reject paul but also john even when you use "if God came in ...." which means no jonh no peter no paul no revelations yuo see that? posibbly no the books of acts therefore no lucas........whats is the cronology you base the 30 years that you say it was paul before revelation ? what was the difference betwen the letters of paul and peter ? and why Jesus has to wait 90 years plus menos to bring the book of revelations? to point out the logic of your why 30 years?
@@ivanhuertas5307 I'm not sure if English is not your first language or if your speech to text engine isn't very good it's a little hard to understand what you're trying to convey here. Yeshua was a Torah observant Jew who followed the prophets not the traditions of the elders. Yeshua did not have any of the books of the New Testament to verify or validate all we can do is use the principles he would've used in determining what is the truth of those books. If we believe Moshe about how to find the truth, as Yeshua did, we discover he has a very simple rule. In order to determine the truth, you must have two or more eyewitnesses whose testimony corroborates each other. In the New Testament, we have five possible eyewitnesses to Yeshua's teaching and/or ministry, but only four of those corroborate the other three. There is no biblical scholar that I'm aware of today that believes Peter wrote either of the books that bear his name, but most believe he used Mark's hand to write his account of Yeshua's ministry. I also do not believe that first or second Peter were written by Peter. I have come to believe that first Peter was most likely written by Paul as a late response to James's letter and second Peter by somebody, possibly Paul, who wanted to replace Jude's letter. From what I can determine James, the brother of Yeshua, is most likely the first document God had written in what we call the New Testament. Most Bible scholars believe Galatians is the first letter of Paul's, it looks like a direct response to James's letter. Bible scholars tell us that first and second Corinthians and first and second Thessalonians were the next books written by Paul. Then comes the Gospels of Matthew the tax collector and of Peter through the hand of Mark. This is followed by various writings of Paul and either his friends or others like him. Luke writes two works admitting he has no firsthand knowledge of anything to do with Yeshua or if you read closely even any of the disciples, but he does have firsthand knowledge of the teachings of Paul. He writes Acts of the Apostles to give Paul credibility and in the Gospel of Luke, he adds to Mark and Matthew things that are important to the theology of Paul, but were never taught by Yeshua. Jude another one of Yeshua's brother's writes to warn people of the false teachings in his brother's name. Second Peter looks like it is designed to fool people into thinking it is Jude's letter but that it comes from Peter and therefore would be the "gospel truth." Finally, after everyone else is dead John writes five books including the revelation. Growing up a Torah observant Jew and walking with Yeshua for three years John knew that in order for his works to be accepted by the Jewish community he would have to corroborate the testimony of Matthew and Peter through Mark but he does not. I believe that God used Paul and John for his purposes even if he did not speak through them, just as he uses Job's friends to bring us important messages about what he is not. I recognize without the teachings of Paul and John the teachings of Yeshua would have been lost in the second or third century at the latest. Paul and John are the primary teachers in any Christian denomination and without their teachings, the teachings of James, Matthew, Mark, and Jude would have been lost to history as would my access to the Torah which is what Yeshua believed in. So do you have answers to either of my questions in the post above? Shalom
@@tombutler7296 Hi tom you are right spanish is my first languaje and my English is everytime getting worse,i can see that you are a kind of karait that believe just in matew and mark or can you be more specific in what you believe and be consice you didnt answer my questions you take away all the books as you believe and cristianity desapear
Thoroughly enjoyed this, thanks to fleetwd1 for uploading and Shulman for the talk. But if only things were as simple as Shulman puts it with the we/you = Jews/Gentiles dichotomy (it's helpful to be aware that sometimes this is the case, but other times its clear Paul is saying we as in 'you and I together' and Paul switches even within the same book/chapter) and the by/through dichotomy (e.g. if it's this simplistic, then Romans 5:1 is about Jews). It's useful but not as clear cut as Shulman makes it seem. That's my general comment on Shulman's whole thesis, is that I don't think Paul uniformly has the same opponents or that he is uniformly addressing the same issue at all times. It seems to be a simplistic solution that obscures some things as much as it clarifies others. A helpful perspective, but only a perspective nonetheless and not an absolute hermeneutical eye-opener (at least, not for me). Nonetheless I certainly would agree with the general vibe on this video/comments that Gentile believers are grafted into Israel, and not some generic Christian space or a replacement of some sort.
thank you for sharing your thoughts. I will have to remember to keep it in mind when i get a chance to revisit the lecture. I do not remember this issue in relation to Paul's writings but it has been a while ago since I listened to it. perhaps if you gave me a time stamp to help me find it. My memory goes back to Luke writing in Acts and "they" was when Luke was not with them and "we" was when he was with them. However, like I say, it has been years since i heard this fully. You may have caught something worth consideration.
The FREE Gift of Salvation is Offered to Every Person, BUT, it must be received by FAITH alone receiving in our hearts the Free Gifts of Permanent Forgiveness of all sins and Eternal Life from God, trusting only on Jesus’ (God the Son who came as God in flesh) Death at the Cross, Burial, and Resurrection, which made complete payment for all of your sins (past/present/future), plus Nothing. Not by water baptism; and not by being obedient .The following must be the Only object of our faith for salvation: 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 - "The Gospel by which you are saved: Christ (God in flesh) died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures…" Ephesians 2:8-9 - “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God; Not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Faith Only on the Gospel, above, is needed.) We Cannot be saved with any faith on water baptism or any works: 1 Corinthians 1:17 - “For Christ sent me NOT to BAPTIZE, but to preach the gospel; not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of NO EFFECT.” (Faith on Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection, not water baptism, must be the way of receiving salvation. Water baptism was for Jewish people under Old Testament law, which required a work showing faith.) Matthew 26:28, “For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” Acts 16:30-31 - “The Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” (‘Believe’ means trust only on Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection.) Romans 11:6, “And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.” (see that works cannot be involved in salvation; grace is a gift than cannot be earned) Romans 3:28 - “Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law” Romans 4:5, “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness” Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is DEATH, but the GIFT of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” First realize the ONLY way to be saved, now, in the Church age (Age of Grace) is: Realize you and I have sinned and CANNOT be justified/saved by any works - law keeping. Having Faith on works for salvation means such a person is NOT saved and will be LEFT for the tribulation. Galatians 5:4, “Christ is become of NO EFFECT unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law (works); ye are fallen from grace (not saved). Galatians 3:10, “For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.” (We can’t continue in all things of the law (10 commandments), because we have already BROKEN the law and are condemned by the law (trying to live a good life and obey the bible’s commandments to earn salvation is impossible). People trying to be saved by law-keeping will, very sadly, be un-saved for eternity. They are judged by the Ten Commandments and found GUILTY. Psalm 14:3, “They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, NOT ONE” Romans 3:23 “For ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God” Romans 3:10, “As it is written, There is none righteous, NO, NOT ONE” Isaiah 64:6, “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags..... Born Again is by Faith on the Gospel Alone and it’s PERMANENT: Titus 3:5, “NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit.” God makes the Born-Again person his child and comes to live in the believer. John 1:12, “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name” (see that faith alone is required) IF a person could be saved by doing good things, God in Flesh (Jesus) would NOT have went and died on the Cross. That is the reason that the LAST THING Lord Jesus said on the cross “IT IS FINISHED” (John 19:30). The Greek word translated “it is finished” is tetelestai in Greek, an accounting term meaning PAID IN FULL. A Born-Again Believer CAN’T lose salvation, it’s Permanent. Ephesians 4:30, “And grieve not the \Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.” John 6:37, “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.” John 6:39, “And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.” John 10:28-29, “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.” Romans 8:38-39, “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” 1 John 2:19, "They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us." (A person that is not born again will show evidence, and that will include being LEFT for the tribulation)
Two things: Inthe introduction, you call Shulam "my Rabbi", in direst opposition to the biblical direction in Mark 23:8 wherin we are directed "be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ", and also, it is illogical to say that Paul STARTED the church because he had been persecuting Christians, which means they already existed...
Predestination as in Ephesians 1:1-5 refer to the process by which people are saved, not to any.particular nation or individual.Read the whole chapter.
Yes the predetermination was the promised seed who before creation was chosen and selected That He later chose the route of that seed's coming through the nation which He also chose to reveal the words of instruction.
Shabbat Shalon! Greetings from Manila, Philippines. May the God of Avraham, Y'tzach and Ya'acov bless us all and be covered by His Divine protection in Yeshua ha Mashiach. Amein,
The Apostate Paul a.k.a. Saul of Tarsus is the biggest liar and heretic the world has ever known. Anyone who follows after his example has a special place in Gehinom (Hell) waiting for them. How can I make such a claim and be certain the I am correct... Proverbs 30:5-6 Every word of God is tested; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. Do not add to His words Or He will reprove you, and you will be proved a liar. NOW COMPARE PAUL'S LIES WITH THE *ORIGINAL TEXT* .... Hebrews 8:7-9 vs. *Jeremiah 31:32* Most ignorant christians would argue that Paul was using the Septuagint while quoting passages from the Old Testament, thus the authors of the Septuagint are to blame for including mistakes in it, not Paul. Thus, Christians think that they have vindicated Paul. This response is foolish. First of all, Paul knew how to speak Hebrew. So why didn't he just go to the Hebrew Old Testament writings instead of appealing to fallible translations? Secondly, God supposedly inspired Paul so why didn't God 'inspire' him to avoid these mistakes? One could conclude that Paul either purposely mistranslated the original hebrew text (most likely) or he was an ignoramus who was trying to pose as learned man. Ephesians 4:8 vs. *Psalm 68:18* One would also notice that in the Ephesians passage Paul changed "you received gifts from men," to "and gave gifts to men." A monumental error of epic proportions! The APOSTATE PAUL slams one out of the ballpark over BLASPHAMEY FIELD; its a homerun right into a fire pit of doom! Other purposeful misquotes made by Paul where he clearly proves himself to have a penchant for creating fiction and misdirection by utilizing mistranslated texts. Just Google "Paul Mistranslates Hebrew Bible." P.S. HE SPEAK HEBREW FOLKS, AND HE KNOWS WHAT THE ORIGINAL TEXT SAYS, SO WHY IS HE NOT GIVING IT TO YOU STRAIT? The answer is he had his own agenda at heart when writing the new testament. Since his written works consistently misquote the original source, nothing he has ever written was inspired by God. The erroneous works of paul are responsible for destroying billions and billions of souls.
Joseph Shulam as a gentile this lesson has been a blessing for me and i thankyou for it. I feel i have had to come back to the basics of understanding God through the Bible and understanding many things of scripture wording and meanings. Does the Jew and convert to jew also refer to " They who say they are Jews but are not"? I have heard a couple of theories regarding, one is spiritual replacement theology aka God done away with the Jew and replaced gentiles as spiritual Jews, Which i am totally against that teaching. The other being Jew means Judah, those who say they are Jews (Judah) are not. It makes more sence it would mean those who say they are Jews (gentile Converts, circumcised in flesh etc) or is there another meaning. I tried to write the lesson you gave out but it was to difficult with phone data stopping and starting, is their a hand out or PDF on this lesson as i would like to learn it better. Thankyou.
I agree however Paul also make it clear that those Gentiles having been Saved are children of Abraham and should not love pagan. One new man is the goal.
When we married Jesus by being water baptised in his name Jesus, we joined into the tribe of Judah and are grafted into new covenant Israel, we are the true Jews of this time, the door through old covenant Judaism ended with the death of Jesus, now only the new covenant, Jeremiah 31:31-34 talks about that is only for Judah, because all must enter into the tribe of Judah to be new covenant Israel. Acts 2:38.
God said he would make a new covenant with both Israel and Judah. Even Paul said "hath God cast away His own people? God forbid". You are not the only branch. The first fruits are holy, don't boast yourself against the branches because if God cut them off because of unbelief, God is able to graft them in again. The very chapter he was reading from still says explicitly that you are a wild branch grafted in if you continue in His goodness, because He will also cut you off. You were grafted into Israel, you didn't replace the branches because the branches are still holy. Be not highminded.
He is incorrect in his exegesis about the verse in Acts where Paul says I have done nothing against the law. By other verses we know that Paul knew himself to be at liberty and released from the law. So then what did he mean? He meant that in the truest sense he didn't do anything against the law but spoke and preached its perfect completiion and fulfilment in Christ crucified and lived according to that truth. Many of the apostles contemporary fellow Jews disagreed and we know most of Paul's letters were written because of that controversy between those who considered him lawless and his understanding of the righteousness od the law being fulfilled through Christ. That is why he says in Corinthians I became all things to all men. 1Co 9:21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law And also he says Rom 3:21 But now the righteousness of God WITHOUT the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets. By saying without the law he is speaking of another way of righteousness opened up apart from the institution of Moses and by saying it is witnessed to by the law and prophets he is saying it is in agreement,fulfilment and confirmation. So that although aprt form the law and different it is not contrary. While I respect this man for his age and faith in Christ he seems he is a Judaizer and off in his teaching. The verse he uses in Philippians 3:3 3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. This is speaking of both Jew and Gentiles who are circumcised without hands. He actually twists this to its opposite. He says that when Paul boasts unwillingly in his flesh he is speaking to Gentiles. That is actually absurd. Paul is in reality speaking to and against other Jews who boasted in their flesh. He is contrasting spiritual circumcision with physical circumcision in the above verse. He really twists this badly.
@@pattyclifton7905 well that is not a Christian idea or sentiment but deviant and anti Christ. He who does not receive Paul does not have or receive Christ or the Father who sent him.
I agree. The very texts Rabbi Shulam is using are texts in which Paul is teaching the *opposite* of what is being put forward here. In context, "those who boast in the flesh" are identical with, "those who mar the flesh." Paul understands himself to be A) a true Jew as opposed to the general Jewish legalists and also B) an apostle of Christ, and he is speaking primarily to C) Gentile Christians. In that context, who fits the idea of "those" who mar the flesh and rely on bodily obsevances? Gentile Pagans (of which Paul says little), Gentile Christians, Jewish Christians, or Pharisaical Jews? Is the answer not obvious? The Jews were well-known around the entire Mediterranean World and beyond by the distinctive practice of circumcision. Then Paul, speaking to Gentile Christians says that "we" are the "true circumcision," "not made by hands." Clearly Paul puts himself and other messianic Christ-followers along with Gentile Christians in one group and the *other* Jews in a different group who opposes them. This is the sense all the way through Paul's letters. To make the point, when Paul writes about what it would look like for him to rely on the flesh, he puts forward his fleshly qualifications *as a Jew* ! He is saying, as a Pharisee of Pharisees, he could be be one of those who rely on the flesh even more than anyone, but we are not supposed to do that! Therefore, those who he is describing as those who rely on matters of the flesh are the Pharisaical Jews. The Rabbi here can only say, essentially, "but Jews are insecure, so Paul must not be talking about them." How silly. Often the most insecure are exactly those most concerned with external matters. Was not so much of Jesus' discussion with the Jewish leaders about trying to get them to see beyond the fleshly, physical, requirements of the law and the rules they had added to it? Look at His talk with the member of the Council named Nicodemus. The whole talk revolves around Christ trying to get the man to look beyond the fleshly, physical nature of what He was saying. When Christ said, "You must be born again," Nicodemas asked, "Can an old man enter into his mother's womb a second time to be born?" And Jesus explained to Him that he needed to be able to understand the spiritual meaning of what He was teaching, not just its external sense. Again, so much of what was revolutionary Christ's teaching, and thus what went so much against the understanding of the Jewish leaders, were teachings that flipped the Law on its head to introduce the spiritual requirement that went beyond the fleshly. All of the "You have heard...but I say to you," statements were of this kind. The bulk of Jesus' public ministry came down to an attempt to shake the Jews' fleshly understanding of God's law and turn it on its head in order to raise their perspective to properly understand the Kingdom that was coming into the world.
@@pattyclifton7905 , The discussion here is over *what* Paul is saying, not whether he is right or not. You have to figure out the one before you can decide the other.
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Great info, but it’s pretty preposterous to say that Paul was not a Christian, or literally defined, “Christ one”. Paul penned Christianity. Also termed “those of the way”, Christians learned everything they know about “The Way” from Paul. Yes he was a Jew, but that was not his way post Christ-appearing to him. Anyone else a bit offended at this point?
Thanks! Subscribed. 😍 (Conversion to Christ means turning around. He did turn around. And some Jews who persecuted him were not converts to Judaism; some were Hebrews. Speaker fools himself on that.) Awesome talk!
I always said Paul was picked as the 12th apostle by CHRIST... Just as he picked the first 12... Although the remaining 11 apostles voted on their own to replace the betrayer...ultimately Christ picked all his apostles. If not for Paul i would be lost...!!!
@@davegreene1198 did you read what i said... Jesus picked the first 12 and although Judas Iscariot died and the apostles threw lots for their 12th pick he still was not chosen by CHRIST period... The word is very specific and nuanced and it takes discernment and meditation/revelation to open up said nuances... The apostles cast lots lol... I would humbly suggest that we consider lots to mean they really had no IDEA whom to chose and thusly they CAST LOTS... Jesus picked Saul to replace Judas and took him on a 3 year journey/discipleship just like the others... I took the time to write this response and sincerely hope it does not offend you but gives you more knowledge, understanding and his wisdom...
If it were not for Christ choosing the apostle Paul we would be lost we owe him a great deal of love and understanding so many Christians think he's not worthy or even believe what he says they don't even think he should be in the Bible which is ridiculous he had a more intimate relationship with Jesus Christ then even the 12 apostles think about that he was one on one with Christ for 3 years in the desert that's amazing how how intimate is that!!
...concerning the "we" and the "you", the line isn't really about Jews in contrast to the gentiles...but rather the mature in contrast to the young in faith. Paul was mainly interested in spiritual lines and only referred to ethnicity when resolving misunderstanding based on ethnicity. Otherwise I am most grateful whenever I find a jew that believes in Jesus Christ. After which they're a brother in Christ.
Joseph Shulman, you are so intuitive with much wisdom and understanding. I do agree with your sentiment that the Jew should be responsible for the conversion of fellow Jews to bring the understanding of the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ and his sacrifice for our sins. The Messianic Jews who are very involved in this work are in the organization One For Israel. I invite your listeners to google the organization and pray for their outreach ministry.
Paul seems to contradict himself. He tells the Jews that they do not need to keep the Law, the same as the Gentiles And that the Law is A curse. But On the other hand Says he’s a Jew and tries to convince Jews That he keeps the Law. Which is it?
Circumcision is still important. But the way to understand it is, Jews were circumcised in the flesh on the 8th day. But believers in the messiah all die in the flesh. That means the flesh has nothing to do with it but that once dead in the flesh you are raised to life in the spirit and circumcision is in the heart, in the spirit and not in the flesh. That means everyone that is now under the new Covenant whether Jew or gentile have been circumcised in the spirit. The flesh is dead. So it’s not that God put away the circumcision, but that it’s not in the flesh anymore but it is of the spirit.
Let us be clear. while sanctification is "a process" of a lifetime, justification is not. it is the finished work of Christ. Gary your concern is warranted. it is important to keep the two distinct from one another. blending the two ruins confidence and is biblically inaccurate. God's work for you is primary where as God's work in you is secondary and is a result from the first. the first is the root the second is the fruit. Jesus said, "you can do nothing unless you abide in me" we abide in Him by faith alone. we grow by faith which is active by love..in justification we have no part. in sanctification we have a cooperators part. we cooperate with the Spirit in sanctification but we are never accepted on the basis of sanctification.
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Paul was never an "Christian" but was a follower of Yeshua Ha Mashiach. Christianity, was founded by a pagan Roman conqueror who never had a relationship with Yeshua ha mashiach. He was not a SABBATH KEEPER and I am referring to Emperor Constantine.of 321 A.D.
Thank you for pointing out that subtle distinction. Jesus does not talk about the grace of God ever! He talks about mercy and that God will show mercy to those that show mercy to the living portion of his creation including fellow humans and follow the instructions God gave through Moses as validated by the prophets. Jesus is bumper sticker was "repent for the kingdom of heaven is near." Meaning stop sinning, God is very close! In modern English, he might say "God doesn't care what you did yesterday he only cares about what you intend to do today and tomorrow." Jesus is pretty clear God does not want or need you to sacrifice anything including an animal or human being in order to gain salvation. For Jesus tells us the path to salvation is easy to find but hard to follow. The first step is to follow the instructions of Moses that are not invalidated by the teachings of any two or more of the prophets to the letter. The second step is to forgive each and every person that God sends to teach you a hard lesson or to test your faith in God. While the path is narrow if you take these two steps your soul will find itself at the right door to God's throne room when your body dies, the one that leads to eternal life. Any step to the left or the right will take you to a different door which does not take anyone's soul to hell only to death.
1:05:00 If Paul abandoned his wife, how could he say he was blameless in regard to the Law? Doesn't the Torah tell us that we have specific obligations to our wife?
I think in the context discussed if not in this video in the panel discussion the day before. Paul may have been married and his wife may not have believed in Jesus as Messiah and wanted to leave him. In this case he would not be obligated to remain married. However it is clear from his writings Paul preferred celibacy to remarriage. His being married at all is debated and Joe is just expressing his view on it. not a big deal.
One of the most interesting and enlightening lectures about Paul's writings and style that I've seen.
Yes I think it is clear from scripture that Paul continued to be an observant Jew. Many depict Paul as an antinomian (one against law) But Paul was far from that. Remember Torah/Law was God's instruction. Paul says the Law is holy. the problem was not God's instruction but our rebellion. Jesus was God's law personified. Word made flesh and dwelt among us. to despise and hate him was to despise and hate the Father's will revealed in Torah. Remember the depiction of the enemy is the man of lawlessness. Sometimes Christianity fits that description with the anti law teachings. they need to see Paul's teaching more clearly and turn from their understanding to his.
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He is incorrect in his exegesis about the verse in Acts where Paul says I have done nothing against the law. By other verses we know that Paul knew himself to be at liberty and released from the law. So then what did he mean? He meant that in the truest sense he didn't do anything against the law but spoke and preached its perfect completiion and fulfilment in Christ crucified and lived according to that truth. Many of the apostles contemporary fellow Jews disagreed and we know most of Paul's letters were written because of that controversy between those who considered him lawless and his understanding of the righteousness od the law being fulfilled through Christ. That is why he says in Corinthians I became all things to all men.
1Co 9:21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law
And also he says
Rom 3:21 But now the righteousness of God WITHOUT the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets.
By saying without the law he is speaking of another way of righteousness opened up apart from the institution of Moses and by saying it is witnessed to by the law and prophets he is saying it is in agreement,fulfilment and confirmation. So that although aprt form the law and different it is not contrary.
While I respect this man for his age and faith in Christ he seems he is a Judaizer and off in his teaching.
The verse he uses in Philippians 3:3
3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
This is speaking of both Jew and Gentiles who are circumcised without hands.
He actually twists this to its opposite.
He says that when Paul boasts unwillingly in his flesh he is speaking to Gentiles. That is actually absurd. Paul is in reality speaking to and against other Jews who boasted in their flesh.
He is contrasting spiritual circumcision with physical circumcision in the above verse.
He really twists this badly.
This is so good, incredibly helpful
Thank God for Rabbi Joseph Shulam💜 How much revelation we receive from his teachings. God bless you, dear Rabbi🌟✝️🌟
Very interesting. I had never thought of the difference of Jews being saved 'out of' faith and Gentiles being saved 'through' faith. Great insight. We often overlook the little prepositions, like 'ek' and 'dia', but they have a lot of weight when translating. (The host is one of the best interviewers I have ever seen. He listened and reasoned and asked targeted questions - questions that were already pointed, but he sharpened the point even more. Really impressive. The interviewer wasn't afraid or intimidated by Joseph Shulam and didn't hesitate to press him to defend his positions. I was as impressed by the host as much as I was by the speaker. That doesn't happen very often.)
nonsense. No auto justification. REBIRTH!!!!!!!!
@@jocklog1 - where did I deny rebirth? And do you deny faith?
so great after 30 years i hear Joseph here again
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Erev tov and Shabbat Shalom. After watching this 11 months ago, I thank Yeshua Adonai for this wonderful opportunity to hear this important lecture and study. May God bless us all. (4-29-22)
it was our pleasure to offer it and several others Joseph Shulam is in.
thanks 😊
This teaching give me peace, in my soul, knowing Paul’s character!
Thanks Teacher!
God bless Joseph Shulam for his clarity on the scriptures from the Jewish perspective, very refreshing and will keep on listening
The Jews will bring a raw, hearty, challenging and fun dynamic to the Kingdom. Bless them.
Especially Rothchild, Epstein/maxwell and Bloomberg
I forgot to bring up the person in 1938 that was talking about how to handle problems from New York City
@@WTF-vv8ic So you're racist then. Got it..
will bring????????
mm such answer you can expect as a Jew
The rhetorical question: "Are they Hebrews? So am I!" expects an answer in the affirmative. The text concedes that Paul's opponents were Jews, not wannabes.
Wow! Love this man!! I have learnt so much today! Thank you Yeshua
Please pray for me to be used by God to do his Holy Work. Thank God
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Everyone that sees you, you have minstered to. Because they like what they see or they dont. They see and hear what you stand for and like what they see or they dont. Without saying a word, we are being used to evangelise. Be just "standing" in right things filled with a loving attitude, is evangelising. Live right because nobody can contest God's Word, which you are living proof of.
HalleluYAH, thanks Abba for he is answering my questions by this faithfully brother.
Shalom
i guess someone else filled you in.
@@fleetwd1 I meant to say abba, not anna.
@@irinapazmino4313 oh i looked for a reply and thought perhaps someone replied elsewhere. thanks for clearing that up.
Great teachings brother Shulam, thank you so much.
I could sit and listen to this guy for hours and not get bored or distracted. Thoroughly enjoyed the lecture. Thanks for uploading it.
Daniel 4:23-27
Zechariah 14:16-17
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my pleasure
Many thanks.
A really enlightening talk.
For some years now I have been trying to understand the scriptures by looking at them (as far as is possible) through Jewish eyes.
This talk contributed greatly to that process and confirmed the misgivings I have regarding some of the various Hebrew roots movements, well intentioned though they may be.
I am a wild branch grafted in, I accept that.
But, as the last question/answer confirms I am (in Yeshua) as one with you, my Jewish brothers and sisters.
yes all of those who have no Hebrew bloodline roots are wild branches grafted in. the blessings come through the root of Abrahams seed. Jesus, Yeshua, rightly said apart from me (the root) you can do nothing. He was YHWH's work of salvation represented in many types and shadows in Hebrew Scripture but became the final Word made human flesh. He brings it all together and completes the Jewish expectation including all those of the nations blessed through Abraham..
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I loved every bit, very informative.. Thank you
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The speaker and moderator work so well together.
speaking as a gentile christian... I am of the tribe of Jesus Christ.... He died for me and shed His Blood for me... to wash me clean from sin and hell!!...there are no tribes in Christianity... except that of Jesus Christ!!...Praise the Lord.....
I haven't read any thing this man has said yet . I only read some of the comments so far. I feel that I am being led to listen to what he says by the Holy Spirit. But I think I am going to be blessed as well as finding that I am about to reap more than I could have guessed...I will comment further about this and I feel that this is a great man for the times that we are in.....
great session
Jesus said,call no man your Rabbi, for only one is our Rabbi!!!
Its also written, call no man father! If you check..
@@getitinontheroad You don’t understand what Jesus was saying in Matthew. You can still have teachers and preachers, BUUUUT they have to be fully submitted to God and acting as under-shepherds. They can’t just come up with new teachings and rules like the Pharisees at the time. It doesn’t literally mean “call no man father “, there’s a deeper meaning when you read the entire chapter instead of one verse.
@@alexanderhanksxthere’s no deeper meaning! You’re deceiving. Liar! We have but ONE father and that’s God! So “call no man father” is what it says. You sir, have no understanding.
I’ve read where it says call no man Father and Rabbi means Teacher ! Another Scripture says we might have 10K instructors in Christ but not many fathers in Israel???
Signs, miracles, and wonders, grace, forgiveness, and compassion, to all humankind, from Christ Jesus of Nazareth ! Hallelujah
This teacher is awesome, love it, I opener thank you so much.
I just found this and I saw this man's pics, and thought I recognized him! I do, he was at a TINY church in Monre, LA! I loved hearing him there!
This is helping me rightly divide the Word. Amazing
Eye open thank you
Thank you for the posting.
Now that was a very powerful teaching. Subscribed. God bless you.
It is best to be a gentile Christian than trying to go to the Messianic Synagogues and trying adapt meaning wearing a kipa, thallit trying to perform all the feast. These are commands for Israelites. Paul was so right. Thank you
you say "It is best to be a Gentile Christian than trying to go to the Messianic Synagogues and trying adapt meaning wearing a kipa, thallit trying to perform all the feast." A lot can be gained by going to Messianic Synagogues. you learn the roots of Christianity in a Hebrew context. it makes many words of Scripture come alive. I never wear a kipa, or thallit. the kipa is saying you adhere to all the 613 commandments. I never felt compelled to keep all the feasts but enjoyed many Pesach (Passover) and a few feast of weeks (Pentecost) and learned a great deal. It all depends on how secure you are in Christ. you do not have to subscribe to everything but it can be a great way to learn more. I particularly like their celebrative Sabbath observance. Jesus is the Rest of God made in human flesh but the book Hebrews points to two things that illustrate the rest of God. entering the promise land with Joshua which David later says many still have not entered in his day and the 7th Day. it is the only commandment of the ten that God said to remember and it seems like many forgot.
@@fleetwd1 I was one of those trying to be super Jew to an extent. I’ve studied Modern and Classical Hebrew and have Rabbah Midrash and all the ArtScroll commentaries, Gematria, Word Play. I so got up in the Rabbinic literature and the reading of the Parashult I took my eyes off the Salvation of Grace not by works. So I guess as a gentile I should try to follow the feast and keep the Sabbath? The one thing that confuses me is Colossians 2:14, 16, 17. Hebrews 4 the Sabbath is for Yeshua. Thank you
@@SkiBroTheHeBro Yes I understand Hebrews is showing the rest of God is found in Jesus. Grace is not contrary to the Law except when Law becomes a method rather than a standard. Jesus is the Truth of all things. Sabbath included. I think Resting in the finished work of God was the meaning behind Sabbath from Creation on. Grace is taught throughout the Torah and Paul's arguments for Grace are Torah based.
I have encountered an extreme element in Messianic Congregations where Gentile participants show a desire to adhere to the Law. the only way to do it entirely is by being content in Christ. Faith establishes the law rather than destroying the Law because in Jesus the promise of God to Abraham comes to completeness not by destroying the Law but by Messiah fulfilling it. Once understood our hearts will be circumcised and we will love it as we love Christ himself since he is a demonstration of what the Law/God's Word/Torah being fulfilled is in human flesh is like in reality. there is nothing wrong with the Law there is something wrong with the human heart that wishes to fulfill the Law to be accepted on our own. "Being ignorant of God's righteousness they sought to establish their own." The Law is a "Standard" not a "Method". Messiah fully measures up to it we do not but by seeing Messiah's demonstration of what a life of fulfillment looks like we should appreciate the Law not through legalism but through grace. Faith in Christ brings a legal standing to those who believe and there is no distinction between Jew or Gentile. we are all Justified by the work of YHWH He promised Abraham He would accomplish for His Name's sake.
@@fleetwd1 thank you so much for putting into words things as I understand it. If it’s ok I will copy this and use it .
@@autopilotlevel7296 use it freely. no need to use any source. most of what i share came from others.
2 Peter 1:20-21 "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of men but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." I respectfully disagree with Mr. Shulam in stating Paul had limited knowledge as he penned the inspired Word of Elohim. The "knowledge that was given him" was inspired and therefore infallible, no less authoritative than the gospels. He yielded himself fully to the Holy Spirit and wrote under inspiration. Peter praised Paul for that reason.
I think the reference to Paul's knowledge is to set the tone about the fact his writings are difficult to understand, as they really are. If we accept Paul wrote under inspiration, we also must accept nothing he wrote can overturn anything Yahshúa said, teached an did. Because: ignorant and unstable people distort (Paul´s writings), as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction
I don't think we ought to confuse the 'scriptures' that Peter is talking about, with letters that were written to congregations.
The scriptures (or prophecies) were written by the established prophets of God that lived in Old Testament times. Those are the scriptures that the New Testament always refers to.
Salvation is a process , amen brother 💯♥️📖
Salvation is not a process. Santification is. It's similar to a newborn. You born a human beeing, complete. Than you become a grown up as time passes by.
@@Almightservant so it's definitely not once saved always saved, the scriptures teach that we are saved we are being saved and we will be saved, so sanctification is part of the salvation process, sanctification means to be set apart and without holiness which is set apartness no one will see the Father 💯♥️📖
@Elpida SavedByJesus amen and amen sister 💯♥️📖
biblical faith = obedience and actions 💯♥️📖
Also many christians don't realize the Torah is part of the new covenant 💯♥️📖
Lecture - Rabbi Joseph Shulam check him out
This is good word wow thankyou be blessed
Shalom. Thank you from Indonesia.
Thanks Rabbi ❤
While trained in Rabbinic traditions Joseph refrains from using the term for himself out of respect for his peoples designation.
Shalom Aleichem, I have enjoyed Joseph's teaching and it may confused people when he talks about the Lamb (Jehoshua) who was prepared from the beginning when you read the story of Abraham in the ommitted books it said that before he sacrificed Isaac he was stopped by the Angel and was showed the Lamb which was held by thicket and it was said this Lamb was prepared before the creation for that purpose and it's a representation of Yehoshua the messiah.Amen but I have enjoyed and now I understand Paul alittle so stay blessed and shalom to you all.
And even before this he had to sacrifice an animal (most likely a lamb) in the garden after Adam and Eve sinned; he clothed them with it.
Why it not mention meshiah in this.. Why it not mention jesus by name. Every verse you bring never mentions messhia or jesus if it did it would be game over but its what you read into it. Why God have to kill an innocent person for forgiveness moreover was messiah God?
@@yeahbuddy4712 that is a question for you and God. Ask, and you shall recieve. Seek and you will find. Knock, and it shall be answered unto you. Shalom.
@@OLskewL Shalom Yahweh has given you wisdom and you know how to answer questions thanks for answering him and bits true it's between him and Yahweh let him seek and he will find all answers .Amen Shalom
@@yeahbuddy4712 God's Word clearly shows Jesus is Messiah,and I Am.From Issiah and all the prophets and all the NT.
I like this guys teaching
Paul was one of the first if not the first apostles an apostle being a person who saw Jesus materialized, as a human to start to discuss and challenge by referring to the THINKING that underpins everything. The other gospel writers are more of a commentary what happened mode. Paul staring from the worst base became as God required the greatest defenders of the faith he even stood up against Peter and James et al who were convince a hybrid version of the WORD was the way to go.
Jesus Christ Chose His Apostles and said beware of the leavening, They were the first and probably are the ones that share the pillars with the 12 patriarchs
@@reginarobynn An apostle as I understand it from Paul is someone who has physical been in the presence of Jesus.Acts 10 : 1 - 8 There was a man in Caesarea called Cornelius. He was a centurion in the battalion called the Italian battalion. He was a devout man and a God-fearer with all his household. He did many an act of charity to the people and he was in constant prayer to God. About three o’clock in the afternoon in a vision he clearly saw the angel of God coming to him and saying, “Cornelius.” He gazed at him and he was awe-stricken. He said, “ What is it sir?” He said to him, “ Your prayers and your works of mercy have gone up to God for a memorial ; so now, send men to Joppa, and send for a man called Simon who is also called Peter. He is lodging with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is on the sea-shore.” When the angel who was speaking to him went away, he called two of the servants and a devout soldier who was one of the orderlies. He told them everything and despatched them to Joppa. The angel of God is Jesus the head angel.Acts 27 : 21 - 26 Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul stood up in the midst of them and said, “Gentlemen, you should have obeyed me and you should not have sailed from Crete and so you would have avoided this injury and loss. So now I advise you to keep your hearts up. There will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship. For this night there stood beside me the Angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, saying, ‘Have no fear, Paul ; you must stand before Caesar ; and lo, God has granted you all those who are sailing with you. So, gentlemen, be in good heart! For I trust God that things will turn out as it has been told to me ; but we must be cast upon an island.”
HE came to me too! I saw HIM too! I met HIM and talked with HIM! HE literally rescued me!!! HE LOVES like no one else EVER has LOVED me!!!
Great message. I'm planning a Saturday nap.
My most surest weapon of all is prayer. My Shabbat is dedicated to prayer.
Best analogy on being a disciple Christ. It makes so much sense. Yes we are saved be the grace of God but to be a disciple and gain a higher/closer walk with Yeshua our Messiah is to obey His commandments etc...
@Ski you have it here exactly right. we seek to obey him through love rather than through obligation. obligation kills but love gives life. completeness is only found in him. But to love him is to love his ways and to seek to become like him. .
@@fleetwd1 .
No law breaker will enter kingdom of God: no liar, no fornicator or adulterer, no thief, no idol worshipper etc Rev 14:6,7,12;. 12:17;. 22:14. Etc etc
His commandments are the Torah the Father's commandments , He is the the walking talking Torah 💯♥️📖
@@seekingGODs-YHWHsTruth144K and if you love him you ought to love it.
woooooooooooooooooooooow, sooo great
after 30 years i found Jospeh after i lost him out of sight
Truly awsome !
Thanks so much for your teaching I love that other one about Micah 2 being now also about the kingdom come.
I mostly liked what he said about the dietary laws. If God has given a law how them do we ask God to bless the same things He has told us not to eat. The veil with the unclean animals makes more sense. It was not about food but about fellow men. It is not as if we have to eat those things that God has declared unclean. If they are unclean to the Jews they are unclean to us too. His statement about the Holy Spirit leading us to understand these things makes more sense than capitulating to our desire to eat unclean foods. If he believes the Bible teaches us not to do it then he should have maintained his stance. May the Lord lead us we seek to overcome our appetites and the stubbornness of our hearts.
i think the reason for unclean verses clean is unclean are not as healthy for you. I remember in public High School class the teacher saying while pork is less expensive it also is not the best quality nutrition. They had no religious bias involved just common sense. Also think how many people get sick from eating shellfish. there are even warnings in certain areas not to eat any from that location. the unclean are mainly scavengers.
Recently seeing how important it factors into archeology determining which locations were Israel settlements and which were their neighbors based on bones of what was eaten could also be a factor in God's instruction. But Scripture tells us not to be judgmental over dietary issues.
Joseph seems to have a good balance and knows when some try justifying their preference with Scripture twisting..
I have always wondered why fellow Christians have not comprehended Pauls writings as authoritative and with power? He saw into Heaven and was commanded not to write or divulge it to others for a time? And HE comes out with the greatest and most elegant writings to sooth fellow believers and give them greater hope and faith in Christ
----> (New Testament | 2 Corinthians 12:3 - 4) And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
This is he himself he is referring too. HOW does HE KNOW SO MUCH about the spiritual things? Obviously he was taught and instructed by those ancient prophets for him to know about them?
Yes his teaching was immersed in Hebrew Scripture/Torah. He is not Lawless as many think he is. Does faith nullify the Law God forbid it establishes it.
@@fleetwd1 it doesn't mean that you forget moral law it just means when they're talking of the law the Jews had 613 laws that they had added to the ten commandments they were not God given
I pray for my Jewish brothers and sisters to come to know our messiah Yahweh for we all will be brothers and sisters in our God and Savior Jesus Christ the one True God Hallelujah what a Mighty God we serve Amen
Thank you.
Paul's faith was that of Shem, Noah, Abraham, David, Solomon, the prophets , John and Jesus .
The temporary covenant given to Israel at Mt. Sinai was finished at the cross. Upon resurrected, the Lord enacted his new covenant and mediated it himself as promised in the Hebrew scriptures.
The fact that he broke himself into pieces ( as in the covenant he made with Abraham) is an everlasting sacrifice, once and for all people, as promised.
I loved this.thank you for sharing.
His opponents were the 12 apostles that walked with the messiah.
Well, you would be wrong. Listen again with your bible out. Sometimes we all have a hard time being challenged but it can be a real blessing to think thru carefully what is being said. It was a wake up call for me.
could not make sense of your comment till i saw it on the page. directed to Joseph's comment below? That is what I deduced.
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And the fact the bible wasnt as accessable in the early days compared to now....is i think "part" of the reason the last will be first.....when he comes to judge us according to how we each are. We have it at our finger tips IF we choose to take it and apply it.
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That line in the beginning that "either they are lying or Paul is lying" isn't the only option. Paul clearly states later in the epistles, for example, that the mature don't need to worry about the Sabbath, nor the holidays (namely Passover), nor what to eat etc because those things were shadows of Yeshua. So what he means when he says he hasn't offended against the Law has to be understood in that context. For him, keeping the Law meant living in the reality of Yeshua (who is the Truth) by the Spirit. Thus, the Law is fulfilled.
Thank you for that explanation because it was bothering me right off the bat when he said that Paul was still being kosher in his ways which doesn't didn't make sense the way I understand the apostle Paul because he was fighting the Jews over those very same issues trying to shove it on to the gentiles and you're right Christ had already done it all they did not need Temple worship they did not need circumcision and hundreds of other things that they were doing thinking they were worshiping the Lord ♥️👵
Who was Able to make war against him? The first innocent the devil killed and therefore the one to testify against him. Its not the world who needs judgement its the leaders lying to them, and corrupting the written word.
excellent
Excellent teaching. Thank you 😊
In the rabbi's responses about women keeping silent in church, he sites two passages of scriptures, and he says, "it has to mean THIS, otherwise the passages contradict each other." Hmm... MAYBE Paul DID contradict himself. And maybe the rabbi is just digging himself into a deeper whole by trying to defend him..
Absolutely great message...
Very interesting and explained and dictated to the common person extremely well!
Peter isn’t saying Paul’s wisdom is limited. The fact that unlearned people had a hard time with Paul is because Paul spoke far more wisdom than the others. It is shown through the amount of writings he contributed. In word. But the other 12 apostles were the ones who were called to hold up the burden of the church. It’s one thing to contribute in words of wisdom, but it’s another thing to be bearers of the responsibility of all the peoples of the world. That’s the difference between Paul and Peter. Paul understood scripture much deeper than even Peter, to rebuke Peter in his walk as a believer that it was not aligned to the truth.
There is a crossover between the 12 apostles and the apostle Paul the apostles were still following the Jewish law to a point but they also understood that Jesus was the true Messiah that was their mission to teach the Jews that they had killed their Messiah that they needed to repent and they would go into the kingdom of heaven the apostle Paul who was personally taught by Jesus himself was to teach the gentiles but they were not to get all caught up into Jewish law the law was dead at that point when Jesus died all those 613 laws died there was not to be continuing in a temple they did not need to do animal sacrifices anymore Jesus said it when he was on the cross it's finished he was the final sacrifice they just didn't recognize it there's even a quote when Peter and it might be in 2nd Peter where Peter finally has to defend Paul when they are accusing him of of not teaching Jewish law to the gentiles Peter is reminded by the Lord that 12 years earlier that the Lord have him go to the house of Cornelius they were all saved they ate not kosher and the holy Spirit came upon all of them that was a teaching moment for Peter but he did not know it until this confrontation with Paul and he ends up that Paul is right that the gentiles are not to be mixed in with Jewish rituals that that was over with so I'm a little confused when the speaker says that Paul was still doing kosher food and all that confuses me but the point is you have to separate the 12 apostles teaching because Paul has a new message the message of the age of Grace and in the age of Grace we do not have to follow all these rules that the Jews did Jesus was trying to get that through to the Jewish people that he was a sacrifice that they did not need Temple worship anymore but they didn't believe that and they didn't understand it so that was an opportunity for the Lord to come to the gentiles otherwise we would have been totally lost also so we can praise God he chose to be sacrificed on that cross and resurrected from the dead otherwise I eternity would be and hell forever
Sometimes the term "us" is not just referring to Jews but to any true believer.
@Mr. H.E. - Daniel 9:27 does not refer to Yahshua; it is referring to The Man of Sin (aka Antichrist).
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 'Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.'
@Mr. H.E. - Of course, salvation is available to all who seek to follow Yah.
@YESHUA Is SALVATION 👍🏼
Scholarship clearly does not always bring wisdom.
so blessed
Paul's not arguing and boasting that he is a better jew. He is basically saying I'm a jew like you . In the flesh. But not there is a new program out . It's not about being a jew. Jews rejected Jesus as messiah
Thank you and Shalom .
The biggest problem that I have with Rabbi Shulam is that he disregards a basic law of the law of Moses when he includes Paul's writings in the New Testament as if they were Scripture. Jesus did not follow any of the words written in the New Testament he had no knowledge of them as they were not written until after his death. He believed in the law of Moses as validated by the prophets and the forgiveness of others, not that God had grace for active sinners.
One of those very basic laws is that the truth is never established through rumor or the uncorroborated testimony either of an eyewitness or a non-eyewitness. Paul is simply not an eyewitness to any of Jesus's life or ministry. Therefore everything he says is rumor and inadmissible in a Jewish court of law. James his brother, Matthew the tax collector, and Peter the fisherman through the hand of Mark all testify as eyewitnesses of Jesus's teaching and ministry and they all corroborate each other.
While John appears to be an eyewitness his testimony is not corroborated by other eyewitnesses and in places contradicts them and under Jewish law that makes his testimony nothing more than rumor as well. You need to ask yourself are you going to base your salvation on nothing but rumor spread by someone that you know never met Jesus in the flesh or are you going to base what happens to your soul after your body dies on corroborated eyewitness accounts the only man in documented history to be publicly executed and be seen days later by numerous people.
Ask yourself these questions
"if I believe God came in the flesh why did he need to send someone 30 years later to change or even just elaborate on what he said?"
"If God were going to send someone to clarify what he said why would his writings be so easy to misinterpret or so hard to understand?"
Jesus was clearly a Torah observant Jew who did not follow the traditions of the elders and he taught others to do the same. Just as Karaite Jews of today he taught that the only reason to ever deviate from the instructions given to Moses was that two or more prophets said the scribes had changed the instructions. He restated a common theme of the prophets was that God desires mercy not sacrifice. You show mercy when you forgive the sins of those you think have sinned against you.
basically you are against Paul but it does not mean you are right
@@ivanhuertas5307 so do you have an answer for either of these two questions?
"if God came in the flesh why did he need to send someone 30 years later to change or even just elaborate on what he said?"
"If God were going to send someone to clarify what he said why would his writings be so easy to misinterpret or so hard to understand?"
Thanks
@@tombutler7296 Shalom Tom you no only reject paul but also john even when you use "if God came in ...." which means no jonh no peter no paul no revelations yuo see that? posibbly no the books of acts therefore no lucas........whats is the cronology you base the 30 years that you say it was paul before revelation ? what was the difference betwen the letters of paul and peter ? and why Jesus has to wait 90 years plus menos to bring the book of revelations? to point out the logic of your why 30 years?
@@ivanhuertas5307 I'm not sure if English is not your first language or if your speech to text engine isn't very good it's a little hard to understand what you're trying to convey here.
Yeshua was a Torah observant Jew who followed the prophets not the traditions of the elders. Yeshua did not have any of the books of the New Testament to verify or validate all we can do is use the principles he would've used in determining what is the truth of those books. If we believe Moshe about how to find the truth, as Yeshua did, we discover he has a very simple rule. In order to determine the truth, you must have two or more eyewitnesses whose testimony corroborates each other. In the New Testament, we have five possible eyewitnesses to Yeshua's teaching and/or ministry, but only four of those corroborate the other three.
There is no biblical scholar that I'm aware of today that believes Peter wrote either of the books that bear his name, but most believe he used Mark's hand to write his account of Yeshua's ministry. I also do not believe that first or second Peter were written by Peter. I have come to believe that first Peter was most likely written by Paul as a late response to James's letter and second Peter by somebody, possibly Paul, who wanted to replace Jude's letter.
From what I can determine James, the brother of Yeshua, is most likely the first document God had written in what we call the New Testament. Most Bible scholars believe Galatians is the first letter of Paul's, it looks like a direct response to James's letter. Bible scholars tell us that first and second Corinthians and first and second Thessalonians were the next books written by Paul. Then comes the Gospels of Matthew the tax collector and of Peter through the hand of Mark. This is followed by various writings of Paul and either his friends or others like him. Luke writes two works admitting he has no firsthand knowledge of anything to do with Yeshua or if you read closely even any of the disciples, but he does have firsthand knowledge of the teachings of Paul. He writes Acts of the Apostles to give Paul credibility and in the Gospel of Luke, he adds to Mark and Matthew things that are important to the theology of Paul, but were never taught by Yeshua.
Jude another one of Yeshua's brother's writes to warn people of the false teachings in his brother's name. Second Peter looks like it is designed to fool people into thinking it is Jude's letter but that it comes from Peter and therefore would be the "gospel truth." Finally, after everyone else is dead John writes five books including the revelation. Growing up a Torah observant Jew and walking with Yeshua for three years John knew that in order for his works to be accepted by the Jewish community he would have to corroborate the testimony of Matthew and Peter through Mark but he does not.
I believe that God used Paul and John for his purposes even if he did not speak through them, just as he uses Job's friends to bring us important messages about what he is not. I recognize without the teachings of Paul and John the teachings of Yeshua would have been lost in the second or third century at the latest. Paul and John are the primary teachers in any Christian denomination and without their teachings, the teachings of James, Matthew, Mark, and Jude would have been lost to history as would my access to the Torah which is what Yeshua believed in.
So do you have answers to either of my questions in the post above?
Shalom
@@tombutler7296 Hi tom you are right spanish is my first languaje and my English is everytime getting worse,i can see that you are a kind of karait that believe just in matew and mark or can you be more specific in what you believe and be consice you didnt answer my questions you take away all the books as you believe and cristianity desapear
Thoroughly enjoyed this, thanks to fleetwd1 for uploading and Shulman for the talk. But if only things were as simple as Shulman puts it with the we/you = Jews/Gentiles dichotomy (it's helpful to be aware that sometimes this is the case, but other times its clear Paul is saying we as in 'you and I together' and Paul switches even within the same book/chapter) and the by/through dichotomy (e.g. if it's this simplistic, then Romans 5:1 is about Jews). It's useful but not as clear cut as Shulman makes it seem. That's my general comment on Shulman's whole thesis, is that I don't think Paul uniformly has the same opponents or that he is uniformly addressing the same issue at all times. It seems to be a simplistic solution that obscures some things as much as it clarifies others. A helpful perspective, but only a perspective nonetheless and not an absolute hermeneutical eye-opener (at least, not for me). Nonetheless I certainly would agree with the general vibe on this video/comments that Gentile believers are grafted into Israel, and not some generic Christian space or a replacement of some sort.
thank you for sharing your thoughts. I will have to remember to keep it in mind when i get a chance to revisit the lecture. I do not remember this issue in relation to Paul's writings but it has been a while ago since I listened to it. perhaps if you gave me a time stamp to help me find it. My memory goes back to Luke writing in Acts and "they" was when Luke was not with them and "we" was when he was with them. However, like I say, it has been years since i heard this fully. You may have caught something worth consideration.
The FREE Gift of Salvation is Offered to Every Person, BUT, it must be received by FAITH alone receiving in our hearts the Free Gifts of Permanent Forgiveness of all sins and Eternal Life from God, trusting only on Jesus’ (God the Son who came as God in flesh) Death at the Cross, Burial, and Resurrection, which made complete payment for all of your sins (past/present/future), plus Nothing. Not by water baptism; and not by being obedient
.The following must be the Only object of our faith for salvation:
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 - "The Gospel by which you are saved: Christ (God in flesh) died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures…"
Ephesians 2:8-9 - “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God; Not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Faith Only on the Gospel, above, is needed.)
We Cannot be saved with any faith on water baptism or any works:
1 Corinthians 1:17 - “For Christ sent me NOT to BAPTIZE, but to preach the gospel; not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of NO EFFECT.”
(Faith on Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection, not water baptism, must be the way of receiving salvation. Water baptism was for Jewish people under Old Testament law, which required a work showing faith.)
Matthew 26:28, “For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”
Acts 16:30-31 - “The Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” (‘Believe’ means trust only on Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection.)
Romans 11:6, “And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.” (see that works cannot be involved in salvation; grace is a gift than cannot be earned)
Romans 3:28 - “Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law”
Romans 4:5, “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness”
Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is DEATH, but the GIFT of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
First realize the ONLY way to be saved, now, in the Church age (Age of Grace) is:
Realize you and I have sinned and CANNOT be justified/saved by any works - law keeping.
Having Faith on works for salvation means such a person is NOT saved and will be LEFT for the tribulation.
Galatians 5:4, “Christ is become of NO EFFECT unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law (works); ye are fallen from grace (not saved).
Galatians 3:10, “For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.”
(We can’t continue in all things of the law (10 commandments), because we have already BROKEN the law and are condemned by the law (trying to live a good life and obey the bible’s commandments to earn salvation is impossible). People trying to be saved by law-keeping will, very sadly, be un-saved for eternity. They are judged by the Ten Commandments and found GUILTY.
Psalm 14:3, “They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, NOT ONE”
Romans 3:23 “For ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God”
Romans 3:10, “As it is written, There is none righteous, NO, NOT ONE”
Isaiah 64:6, “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.....
Born Again is by Faith on the Gospel Alone and it’s PERMANENT:
Titus 3:5, “NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit.”
God makes the Born-Again person his child and comes to live in the believer.
John 1:12, “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name” (see that faith alone is required)
IF a person could be saved by doing good things, God in Flesh (Jesus) would NOT have went and died on the Cross.
That is the reason that the LAST THING Lord Jesus said on the cross “IT IS FINISHED” (John 19:30). The Greek word translated “it is finished” is tetelestai in Greek, an accounting term meaning PAID IN FULL.
A Born-Again Believer CAN’T lose salvation, it’s Permanent.
Ephesians 4:30, “And grieve not the \Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”
John 6:37, “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.”
John 6:39, “And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.”
John 10:28-29, “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.”
Romans 8:38-39, “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
1 John 2:19, "They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us." (A person that is not born again will show evidence, and that will include being LEFT for the tribulation)
Two things: Inthe introduction, you call Shulam "my Rabbi", in direst opposition to the biblical direction in Mark 23:8 wherin we are directed "be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ", and also, it is illogical to say that Paul STARTED the church because he had been persecuting Christians, which means they already existed...
Predestination as in Ephesians 1:1-5 refer to the process by which people are saved, not to any.particular nation or individual.Read the whole chapter.
Yes the predetermination was the promised seed who before creation was chosen and selected That He later chose the route of that seed's coming through the nation which He also chose to reveal the words of instruction.
AMAZING LECTURE AND LECTURER.
Thanks rabi Shulam.
Leave it to a Jew to clarify the work of another fellow Jew.
Exellent Exposition.
Shabbat Shalon! Greetings from Manila, Philippines. May the God of Avraham, Y'tzach and Ya'acov bless us all and be covered by His Divine protection in Yeshua ha Mashiach. Amein,
The Apostate Paul a.k.a. Saul of Tarsus is the biggest liar and heretic the world has ever known. Anyone who follows after his example has a special place in Gehinom (Hell) waiting for them. How can I make such a claim and be certain the I am correct...
Proverbs 30:5-6
Every word of God is tested;
He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
Do not add to His words
Or He will reprove you, and you will be proved a liar.
NOW COMPARE PAUL'S LIES WITH THE *ORIGINAL TEXT* ....
Hebrews 8:7-9 vs. *Jeremiah 31:32*
Most ignorant christians would argue that Paul was using the Septuagint while quoting passages from the Old Testament, thus the authors of the Septuagint are to blame for including mistakes in it, not Paul. Thus, Christians think that they have vindicated Paul.
This response is foolish. First of all, Paul knew how to speak Hebrew. So why didn't he just go to the Hebrew Old Testament writings instead of appealing to fallible translations? Secondly, God supposedly inspired Paul so why didn't God 'inspire' him to avoid these mistakes? One could conclude that Paul either purposely mistranslated the original hebrew text (most likely) or he was an ignoramus who was trying to pose as learned man.
Ephesians 4:8 vs. *Psalm 68:18*
One would also notice that in the Ephesians passage Paul changed "you received gifts from men," to "and gave gifts to men."
A monumental error of epic proportions! The APOSTATE PAUL slams one out of the ballpark over BLASPHAMEY FIELD; its a homerun right into a fire pit of doom!
Other purposeful misquotes made by Paul where he clearly proves himself to have a penchant for creating fiction and misdirection by utilizing mistranslated texts. Just Google "Paul Mistranslates Hebrew Bible."
P.S. HE SPEAK HEBREW FOLKS, AND HE KNOWS WHAT THE ORIGINAL TEXT SAYS, SO WHY IS HE NOT GIVING IT TO YOU STRAIT? The answer is he had his own agenda at heart when writing the new testament. Since his written works consistently misquote the original source, nothing he has ever written was inspired by God. The erroneous works of paul are responsible for destroying billions and billions of souls.
Joseph Shulam as a gentile this lesson has been a blessing for me and i thankyou for it. I feel i have had to come back to the basics of understanding God through the Bible and understanding many things of scripture wording and meanings.
Does the Jew and convert to jew also refer to " They who say they are Jews but are not"? I have heard a couple of theories regarding, one is spiritual replacement theology aka God done away with the Jew and replaced gentiles as spiritual Jews, Which i am totally against that teaching. The other being Jew means Judah, those who say they are Jews (Judah) are not. It makes more sence it would mean those who say they are Jews (gentile Converts, circumcised in flesh etc) or is there another meaning.
I tried to write the lesson you gave out but it was to difficult with phone data stopping and starting, is their a hand out or PDF on this lesson as i would like to learn it better. Thankyou.
Thanks 4 the good preachings, bro. J. Shulam..
I agree however Paul also make it clear that those Gentiles having been Saved are children of Abraham and should not love pagan. One new man is the goal.
Love this teaching...it clarify a lot of things and affirm a lot of things...thanks...btw, i laugh a lot
When we married Jesus by being water baptised in his name Jesus, we joined into the tribe of Judah and are grafted into new covenant Israel, we are the true Jews of this time, the door through old covenant Judaism ended with the death of Jesus, now only the new covenant, Jeremiah 31:31-34 talks about that is only for Judah, because all must enter into the tribe of Judah to be new covenant Israel. Acts 2:38.
God said he would make a new covenant with both Israel and Judah. Even Paul said "hath God cast away His own people? God forbid". You are not the only branch.
The first fruits are holy, don't boast yourself against the branches because if God cut them off because of unbelief, God is able to graft them in again. The very chapter he was reading from still says explicitly that you are a wild branch grafted in if you continue in His goodness, because He will also cut you off.
You were grafted into Israel, you didn't replace the branches because the branches are still holy. Be not highminded.
He is incorrect in his exegesis about the verse in Acts where Paul says I have done nothing against the law. By other verses we know that Paul knew himself to be at liberty and released from the law. So then what did he mean? He meant that in the truest sense he didn't do anything against the law but spoke and preached its perfect completiion and fulfilment in Christ crucified and lived according to that truth. Many of the apostles contemporary fellow Jews disagreed and we know most of Paul's letters were written because of that controversy between those who considered him lawless and his understanding of the righteousness od the law being fulfilled through Christ. That is why he says in Corinthians I became all things to all men.
1Co 9:21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law
And also he says
Rom 3:21 But now the righteousness of God WITHOUT the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets.
By saying without the law he is speaking of another way of righteousness opened up apart from the institution of Moses and by saying it is witnessed to by the law and prophets he is saying it is in agreement,fulfilment and confirmation. So that although aprt form the law and different it is not contrary.
While I respect this man for his age and faith in Christ he seems he is a Judaizer and off in his teaching.
The verse he uses in Philippians 3:3
3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
This is speaking of both Jew and Gentiles who are circumcised without hands.
He actually twists this to its opposite.
He says that when Paul boasts unwillingly in his flesh he is speaking to Gentiles. That is actually absurd. Paul is in reality speaking to and against other Jews who boasted in their flesh.
He is contrasting spiritual circumcision with physical circumcision in the above verse.
He really twists this badly.
Andre Stefen Perhaps it is the apostle Paul who does the twisting..🤔
@@pattyclifton7905 well that is not a Christian idea or sentiment but deviant and anti Christ. He who does not receive Paul does not have or receive Christ or the Father who sent him.
I agree. The very texts Rabbi Shulam is using are texts in which Paul is teaching the *opposite* of what is being put forward here.
In context, "those who boast in the flesh" are identical with, "those who mar the flesh." Paul understands himself to be A) a true Jew as opposed to the general Jewish legalists and also B) an apostle of Christ, and he is speaking primarily to C) Gentile Christians. In that context, who fits the idea of "those" who mar the flesh and rely on bodily obsevances? Gentile Pagans (of which Paul says little), Gentile Christians, Jewish Christians, or Pharisaical Jews? Is the answer not obvious? The Jews were well-known around the entire Mediterranean World and beyond by the distinctive practice of circumcision. Then Paul, speaking to Gentile Christians says that "we" are the "true circumcision," "not made by hands." Clearly Paul puts himself and other messianic Christ-followers along with Gentile Christians in one group and the *other* Jews in a different group who opposes them. This is the sense all the way through Paul's letters.
To make the point, when Paul writes about what it would look like for him to rely on the flesh, he puts forward his fleshly qualifications *as a Jew* ! He is saying, as a Pharisee of Pharisees, he could be be one of those who rely on the flesh even more than anyone, but we are not supposed to do that! Therefore, those who he is describing as those who rely on matters of the flesh are the Pharisaical Jews.
The Rabbi here can only say, essentially, "but Jews are insecure, so Paul must not be talking about them." How silly. Often the most insecure are exactly those most concerned with external matters.
Was not so much of Jesus' discussion with the Jewish leaders about trying to get them to see beyond the fleshly, physical, requirements of the law and the rules they had added to it? Look at His talk with the member of the Council named Nicodemus. The whole talk revolves around Christ trying to get the man to look beyond the fleshly, physical nature of what He was saying. When Christ said, "You must be born again," Nicodemas asked, "Can an old man enter into his mother's womb a second time to be born?" And Jesus explained to Him that he needed to be able to understand the spiritual meaning of what He was teaching, not just its external sense.
Again, so much of what was revolutionary Christ's teaching, and thus what went so much against the understanding of the Jewish leaders, were teachings that flipped the Law on its head to introduce the spiritual requirement that went beyond the fleshly. All of the "You have heard...but I say to you," statements were of this kind. The bulk of Jesus' public ministry came down to an attempt to shake the Jews' fleshly understanding of God's law and turn it on its head in order to raise their perspective to properly understand the Kingdom that was coming into the world.
@@pattyclifton7905 ,
The discussion here is over *what* Paul is saying, not whether he is right or not. You have to figure out the one before you can decide the other.
Only the Word of Elohim aka the Law & the Prophets is scripture. The NT is not scripture and any teaching thereof must be validated by the Word.
How did Christianity start with Paul when the Church existed while he was still persecuting it?
Rabbi Schulman were Paul's teaching influenced by his first Rabbi as well as by Jesus? Especially his teaching on divorce.
There's a lot of reading into what Paul meant.
I think Joseph gets the reading of Paul correctly. Peter says many distort what Paul wrote to their own destruction, see 2 Peter3:15-16.
Great job!!! Yep that is why God said go and make disciples of all nations.
At this very minute..😅 I gotta love you. Mosquitoes are a curse!!
Ha SHEM is blessing... opposites do not match. San Antonio Texas
"HE ...is our Creator; a blessing. " Opposites = mosquitoes
Here in San Antonio Texas are almost like a curse.
Great info, but it’s pretty preposterous to say that Paul was not a Christian, or literally defined, “Christ one”. Paul penned Christianity. Also termed “those of the way”, Christians learned everything they know about “The Way” from Paul. Yes he was a Jew, but that was not his way post Christ-appearing to him. Anyone else a bit offended at this point?
Thanks! Subscribed. 😍 (Conversion to Christ means turning around. He did turn around. And some Jews who persecuted him were not converts to Judaism; some were Hebrews. Speaker fools himself on that.) Awesome talk!
Jesus is the priest of an endless life, not of religion of carnal commandnents. HalleluYah.
I always said Paul was picked as the 12th apostle by CHRIST... Just as he picked the first 12... Although the remaining 11 apostles voted on their own to replace the betrayer...ultimately Christ picked all his apostles. If not for Paul i would be lost...!!!
Paul was the 13th apostle
Just like there were 13 tribes of Israel.
Look closely and you will see.
@@davegreene1198 did you read what i said... Jesus picked the first 12 and although Judas Iscariot died and the apostles threw lots for their 12th pick he still was not chosen by CHRIST period... The word is very specific and nuanced and it takes discernment and meditation/revelation to open up said nuances... The apostles cast lots lol... I would humbly suggest that we consider lots to mean they really had no IDEA whom to chose and thusly they CAST LOTS... Jesus picked Saul to replace Judas and took him on a 3 year journey/discipleship just like the others...
I took the time to write this response and sincerely hope it does not offend you but gives you more knowledge, understanding and his wisdom...
If it were not for Christ choosing the apostle Paul we would be lost we owe him a great deal of love and understanding so many Christians think he's not worthy or even believe what he says they don't even think he should be in the Bible which is ridiculous he had a more intimate relationship with Jesus Christ then even the 12 apostles think about that he was one on one with Christ for 3 years in the desert that's amazing how how intimate is that!!
Christianity was started by christ. He is the author and finisher of our faith.
but the term was not used by his followers. others called them Christians but they did not use it themselves.
...concerning the "we" and the "you", the line isn't really about Jews in contrast to the gentiles...but rather the mature in contrast to the young in faith. Paul was mainly interested in spiritual lines and only referred to ethnicity when resolving misunderstanding based on ethnicity.
Otherwise I am most grateful whenever I find a jew that believes in Jesus Christ. After which they're a brother in Christ.
interesting comment. can you give the biblical reference and where it is addressed in the video?
Joseph Shulman, you are so intuitive with much wisdom and understanding. I do agree with your sentiment that the Jew should be responsible for the conversion of fellow Jews to bring the understanding of the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ and his sacrifice for our sins. The Messianic Jews who are very involved in this work are in the organization One For Israel. I invite your listeners to google the organization and pray for their outreach ministry.
Christanity did not start with Paul but the day of Pentecost , Christians were first named Christians in Antioch as it is written in the book of Acts.
Yes but it was used as a derogatory term not one that believers used about themselves.
Paul never said he was a christian but a prisoner of Christ. He has done nothing wrong but the program changed to a mystery program
I am proud to be a PAULINE CHRISTIAN ❤️✝️ I am a gentile. I believe Saint Paul live all his life as a good jew.
Paul seems to contradict himself. He tells the Jews that they do not need to keep the Law, the same as the Gentiles And that the Law is A curse. But On the other hand Says he’s a Jew and tries to convince Jews That he keeps the Law. Which is it?
Circumcision is still important. But the way to understand it is, Jews were circumcised in the flesh on the 8th day. But believers in the messiah all die in the flesh. That means the flesh has nothing to do with it but that once dead in the flesh you are raised to life in the spirit and circumcision is in the heart, in the spirit and not in the flesh. That means everyone that is now under the new Covenant whether Jew or gentile have been circumcised in the spirit. The flesh is dead. So it’s not that God put away the circumcision, but that it’s not in the flesh anymore but it is of the spirit.
The only thing I disagree with is "salvation it is a process" because Grace is upon us by faith in Jesus Christ period!
Let us be clear. while sanctification is "a process" of a lifetime, justification is not. it is the finished work of Christ. Gary your concern is warranted. it is important to keep the two distinct from one another. blending the two ruins confidence and is biblically inaccurate. God's work for you is primary where as God's work in you is secondary and is a result from the first. the first is the root the second is the fruit. Jesus said, "you can do nothing unless you abide in me" we abide in Him by faith alone. we grow by faith which is active by love..in justification we have no part. in sanctification we have a cooperators part. we cooperate with the Spirit in sanctification but we are never accepted on the basis of sanctification.
Would the ice 🧊 form if the moon was closer? Spin faster? Would rock 🪨 from the earth 🌍 hitting the moon 🌙 knock ✊🏿 it further away immediately? Why is it hard to run planet movements into the past? Also the earth moves 39 light years every 72 rotations
Paul was never an "Christian" but was a follower of Yeshua Ha Mashiach. Christianity, was founded by a pagan Roman conqueror who never had a relationship with Yeshua ha mashiach. He was not a SABBATH KEEPER and I am referring to Emperor Constantine.of 321 A.D.
You used NKJV. But I also used RNKJV.📖
Thank you for pointing out that subtle distinction. Jesus does not talk about the grace of God ever! He talks about mercy and that God will show mercy to those that show mercy to the living portion of his creation including fellow humans and follow the instructions God gave through Moses as validated by the prophets.
Jesus is bumper sticker was "repent for the kingdom of heaven is near." Meaning stop sinning, God is very close! In modern English, he might say "God doesn't care what you did yesterday he only cares about what you intend to do today and tomorrow." Jesus is pretty clear God does not want or need you to sacrifice anything including an animal or human being in order to gain salvation. For Jesus tells us the path to salvation is easy to find but hard to follow. The first step is to follow the instructions of Moses that are not invalidated by the teachings of any two or more of the prophets to the letter. The second step is to forgive each and every person that God sends to teach you a hard lesson or to test your faith in God.
While the path is narrow if you take these two steps your soul will find itself at the right door to God's throne room when your body dies, the one that leads to eternal life. Any step to the left or the right will take you to a different door which does not take anyone's soul to hell only to death.
1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Ephesians 1:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:14
1:05:00 If Paul abandoned his wife, how could he say he was blameless in regard to the Law? Doesn't the Torah tell us that we have specific obligations to our wife?
I think in the context discussed if not in this video in the panel discussion the day before. Paul may have been married and his wife may not have believed in Jesus as Messiah and wanted to leave him. In this case he would not be obligated to remain married. However it is clear from his writings Paul preferred celibacy to remarriage. His being married at all is debated and Joe is just expressing his view on it. not a big deal.
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After the laughter died down Mr Shula admitted that he didn’t really believe Paul’s wife was also his thorn.
His wife more than likely died 💯♥️📖
So the apostle Paul layed the foundation, he is the cornerstone??????????